Saturday, August 31, 2013

UFC Condit vs Kampmann 2 on BT Sports - TV Review

After feeling under the weather during the past few days because of a "nasty" (my dentist's quote, not mine) gum infection what better medicine is there than seeing some good old fashioned fightin', which is why we're stepping into the Octagon once again as Carlos Condit and Martin Kampmann do battle for the second time on the UFC's latest Fight Night, shown live in the early hours of this past Thursday morning on BT Sports here in Britain.

Thursday, August 22, 2013

WWE Summerslam on Sky Box Office - TV Review

It's often billed as WWE's hottest event of the summer. But was it? That's what I'm attempting to find out as we take a look back at Summerslam, shown live in the early hours of this past Monday morning on Sky Box Office here in Britain.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

UFC Shogun vs Sonnen on BT Sport - TV Review

It's time to step into the Octagon once again as we take a look at the UFC's debut show on Fox Sports, a show headlined by Shogun Rua and Chael Sonnen and shown in the early hours of this past Sunday morning on BT Sport here in Britain.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

WWE Survivor Series 2012 - DVD Review

It's time to dip into the ever-growing pile of WWE DVDs sent to me by the good people at Fremantle Media, and this time around we're going back in time to last November and the show with the much changed main event, Survivor Series 2012.

Friday, August 16, 2013

ROH Ring of Hardcore - DVD Review

Since it's inception in 2002 Ring of Honor has become known for it's outstanding technical classics featuring the likes of Bryan Danielson, Austin Aries, Nigel McGuinness and many, many more.

But there are times when a rivalry becomes so heated that a technical straight up wrestling match just won't do. This is where encounters such as street fights, barbed wire matches, cage matches, last man standing and even a Cage of Death match come into play, and ROH has held many of these matches over the years.

Sunday, August 11, 2013

TNA One Night Only: 10 Reunion on Challenge - TV Review

It's time to head over to the Impact Zone once more as we take a look at the latest in TNA's One Night Only series, 10 Reunion, shown this past Wednesday night on Challenge here in Britain.

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

UFC 163 Aldo vs Korean Zombie on BT Sport - TV Review

It's time to step into the Octagon once again as we take a look at the Ultimate Fighting Championship's latest trip to Brazil, with a home country hero taking on a Korean Zombie in the main event of UFC 163, shown live in the early hours of this past Sunday morning on their new British home, BT Sport.

Monday, August 05, 2013

Bellator 97 on Viva - TV Review

It's time to step into the MMA world again, and with a review of UFC 163 to follow it's time to step into the rounder cage of Bellator as we take a look at the two tournament finals and the two title fights on their 97th show, shown this past Friday night on Viva here in Britain.

Thursday, August 01, 2013

A Blog Born Out of Frustration

This is a blog entry born out of sheer frustration and a little bit of anger. It’s also another sign of just how frustrating it is to be unemployed. But to start this story I have to go back a few years to November 2007.

I was walking through Castle Mall in Norwich when I saw that Boots were taking staff on on temporary Christmas contacts. There was a big stand outside with a ton of application forms in it, and as I was on Action 4 Employment’s New Deal program I picked one of the forms up with the intention of filling it out at their offices across the way.